The European Perspective

Mick,I have ~200 hours on Ref 110. It has opened up considerably, but still it's "flavor" revolves more around a "musical/organic" sense, natural timbres,and an easy flowing liquidity than ...

posted over 18 years ago

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The European Perspective

System edited: I added three Finite Elemente Pagode Master Reference component stands and updated the pics.

posted over 18 years ago

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GerryM5's California Main Sys

Do you have any problems with 2.1 driving System 8 speakers ? It is a tough load, isn't it ?

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The European Perspective

I had rewritten what I have just said - apparently, AgoN software deleted all the spacing upon posting, making it harder to read.I added ARC Ref 3 and Ref 110 to my system and updated the p...

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The European Perspective

System edited: I added ARC Ref 3 and Ref 110 to my system and updated the pics accordingly. Oanhu -> I like it very much. Ref 3 is a class act. So much better, so much more transparent that the BAT...

posted over 18 years ago

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Sleepless in Seoul ^^*

How does the Paganini compare to your older dCS stack (Elgar/Verdi LaScala)?

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The European Perspective

Yes, Audiostatics were juston loan from the distributor. I will update pics shortly.

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The European Perspective

Jeff,I do not really know. I hired a company to do all the work.

posted over 18 years ago

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name of the guy is WILSON PASS

I have to agree. There is something "right" about this speaker, which makes it really special.

posted over 18 years ago

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name of the guy is WILSON OCTAVE

I have to agree. There is something "right" about this speaker, which makes it really special.

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The European Perspective

System edited: I have sold the BAT VK51SE, the Placette and the Cary monos. Going back to tubes. I have ARC Ref 3 and Ref 110 on order.

posted over 18 years ago

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CHECKMATE

Funny thing Mert - I remember when I once told you, that the preamp section of MF integrated you were using is nowhere near as good as a dedicated pre. You didn't agree with me and yet ... you soon...

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GerryM5's California Main Sys

How does Lamm ML2.1 compare to Ankoru ?

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Back to Solid State (No More!)

What made you sell the VACs then ?

posted almost 19 years ago

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Back to Solid State (No More!)

So why did you go from Vac to Rowland ? JRDG monos are not exactly low powered amps you mentioned when selling VACs.

posted almost 19 years ago

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The European Perspective

Those were DCM-5s ! They did sound great in many ways, but ultimately, I missed the dynamic capabilities of more conventional speakers.

posted almost 19 years ago

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Strapper211s all out effort at Nirvana

Just curious - have you tried ARC Ref 3 in your system ?

posted almost 19 years ago

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The European Perspective

The stats are on loan (in fact I just returned them). From the user point of view they are a nightmare - extremly inefficient (I measured 72dB/W/m !), with extreemly narrow sweet spot (you have to ...

posted about 19 years ago

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Only tubes and vinyl will do

Paul,May I ask how much is the Minus-K platform ?I've heard that it a good alternative to the bloody expensive (8000$) Halcyonics unit.

posted about 19 years ago

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MEN BEST FRIEND

Why not to run your HT front channels through your stereo rig ? The Mythos speakers sound quite awfull, even in HT applications - I have them in my HT system too (bought them for looks only).

posted about 19 years ago

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Strapper211s all out effort at Nirvana

I'm asking 'cos I recently have had a very interesting expirience with ceraballs isolation feet I put under my speaker cables (see my "system"). To my surprise, they much improved the mic...

posted about 19 years ago

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Strapper211s all out effort at Nirvana

Robert,What have you put under your cables ? Is that foam ? Does it help ?

posted about 19 years ago

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The Lair

Nice system. I have had Lamms M1.2 myself.I was wondering, how a DCC2 in-build preamp compares to LL-2.

posted about 19 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

Thnaks Mike. That is a fair answer.

posted about 19 years ago

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Mike Lavigne's System

Mike,If you liked the Halcyonics platform so much, why didn't you get one ? I mean, 7500$ is a lot of money for most of us, but If you can afford TWO sets of TA Opus SC at 30k each,...

posted about 19 years ago

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